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Minecraft Modders Make Epic Tribute in Zelda Adventure

Minecraft modder Gary520 has released a trailer to show off what is perhaps the blocky game’s most ambitious creation yet: an epic, 10-hour adventure based on The Legend of Zelda.

[partner id=”wireduk”]It’s called Zelda Adventure and manages to squeeze the franchise’s most iconic elements — including a boomerang, a magical ocarina and an old man with a beard — into millions of polygonal blocks and boxes.

Like other, more legitimate, games in the series, you’ll have to traipse through eight puzzle- and enemy-filled dungeons on your quest. You’ll scout through forests, snowy villages and endless deserts to find imposing fortresses, underground lairs and secret caves.

You also get to go hands on with Link’s arsenal of items and weapons. You’ll get to grab distant rupees with a boomerang, warp around the world by tooting on your ocarina, blow up creepers with pixel-art bombs and defend yourself with a Kokiri shield.

It’s all rather lovely and exquisitely well-made, with the only disappointment being that it’s not called The Legend of Zelda: Blockarina of Time. Gary520 is still working on the game, but you can grab an early release, with about five or so dungeons available, from the Minecraft forums.